Vehicle-spring shackle.



I J. J. CRAWFORD. VEHICLE SPRING SHACKLE.-

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I5. 1916.

1,21 9,259 Patented Mar. 13. 1917.

w/nvEs ATTORNEYS Fkimii'vp IligztlIQJonX J. Cfn ixwmgp, a. Cl meiinaf" tli e United Sh ms and u re$ident of the city of Xeiv York, West New liixightonl lJ i'qugh e f-Richmond; in the couh lyliuf Ri'lmm d nd :State of" New "ark, h: i; ve invented a new: and Imp m'ied vehicleefipring vSluu-kle,;0 f which the follmvi-ng u fullyijle'ur, mid exact description. 10 The object (lithe invention isle provide n ne\.\";=mnlwim proved sli'acklg-m -e e spqacially designd for lle,i n-=,c0i)i1ep'li0n with theieaf springs m9bi-!s. ..and. iothei-hwxr hicle fm'd hifiiijfigilfii actias a. shok-n bsm'bei' angl to guard aglg'ainst breaking of the Yhicle springs Aznotheruohject is ,t prqv-ide a very simple means for u t taqhing the spring shackle t0- the leaf springs-rind to the. iron]: axle-.01- thg roar axlla hql singu b i th ,automobil.

-' ipg; u bnwedfresilient .-lioily,termintiting at I I one eijiliin iiitegml spaced knucklgs and 'tet- 25 wn in mms in-alli lm view's. 1 Figural l-front e'nd elevation of n I 61- -tion of an;automobile;pigoviilgd with thiim u gppmzglmsm 'ing shackle The spring 'sluwkl s 1 c nned gtlw frc "shpivh in Fig. thexapril g shackles 5133- conbowed resilient body 20 te'rminating-Kat its 5-1 1, ithiejmia pye'234i-xtemlii11g 11mm we Thabody '20 of th spring bo dy "gradually .ir creases 1 the' ,kmikle "endi 2 L aperture 27 funny-(l purelywfasten the s. piir g is QID-OIllBI-"IU lccomplishthe desired jresultf use is made of a vehiclegmfiqgslwekle have w fve mml'iniz1rywf the ":tbexalies of me from ug-{red of theirpninQdshuckles 10, m1 1aonsi ts f u readily act s shqk magi; @wmi or, xm'w Yong, n x.- V vnngdnzs zmm 9 m.

shackle '10 o r 13 Iii: jprdyided at its jdfhennd to give theadesiri (1;;stieniit -lIOQ 'r-ilig.

shackle. The shoulder 25 Gillie shgcklh 10 is scntc l' 0n fil e top of the axle l'flkhnd from the bbttoin n f lqheshouldqr 25 extends;

integrally a bolt I and the ififl is pi pv ided i It wil e-not ed.1haczuiaboai s-eganal-so:

vertical trans-vase )lanes pass [locatgd t an .155 pan unk es in not liable tobind onitligof tllehbodyipf the,

' claim as he up mostiof the minor vibrations and in'event the breaking of the .rehicle springs 11 and 14.

Thev spring shaekles 10 and 13 can be,

' (-hea'ply manufaetl'lred and readily applied to automobiles as now constructed.

Having, thus described my invention, I f and desire to secure by Letters latent:- 1

1.. As" an artiele of n'ianufacture, a vehicle spring s'lnu'kle, ruin-prising -a bowed resilientbody terminatingat one end in 'integra-l spaced knuckles and terminating at the other end in an integral attarhing bolt.

2. As an article of imimifacture, a vehicle sprint; shackle; comprising bowed resilient bodv terminating at one end in integral spaeed knuckles and terminating at the other end in an integral shoulder and a bolt exten'ding integrally from the said shoulder. I). As an article of manufacture, a vehicle spring shackle. ('omprising a bowed regilient 1 Ilmd terminating atone end in integral s paced knuek-les and terminating at the other end in an integral shoulder from which extends an integral bolt, the said body gradi-lally increasing in tlllCkn'LSS from'the knuekle. end to the shoulder-end.

JOHN J. CPAVFORD. 

